{{short description|Australian professional surfer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox surfer | name = Laura Enever | image = Laura Enevers.jpg | caption =Laura Enevers at the 2012 US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|11|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | nickname = Lauzy | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} | weight = {{convert|119|lb|kg|abbr=on}} | stance = Natural (regular foot) | best_year = 2008 & 2009 | major_achievements = *ASP Triple Crown Rookie of the Year *ASP Women’s World Junior Champion 2009 }}
'''Laura Enever''' (born 14 November 1991) is an Australian professional surfer. Enever was the ASP Women's World Junior Champion in 2009. She made her professional debut in 2011.<ref>[http://www.surfing-news.com/surf-girls/laura-enever Laura Enever Surf News], recently winning the 2015 Hurley Australian Open of Surfing over Taylor Wright.</ref>
As of March 2015, Enever competes at the highest level of professional surfing, touring with the World Surf League.<ref>[http://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/tour/wct?year=2015 World Surf League 2015 standings, worldsurfleague.com, retrieved 12 March 2015.]</ref> She finished 10th in final standings for the 2014 Women's Samsung Galaxy Championship Tour.<ref>[http://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/tour/wct?year=2014 Women's Samsung Galaxy Tour final 2014 standings, worldsurfleague.com, retrieved 12 March 2015.]</ref>
==Surf Career Highlights== * 2016 Tied for 4th at the Pe’ahi Women's Challenge * 2015 Hurley Australian Open of Surfing<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2023-11-11|title=Enever wins Australian Open of Surfing|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-15/enever-wins-australian-open-of-surfing/6109906|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|date=15 February 2015}}</ref> * 2009 ASP Women's World Junior Champion * 2009 Billabong Pro Junior Coffs Harbour * 2008 ISA Junior World Champion * 2008 Triple Crown Rookie of the Year
After competing for seven years in the WSL, Enever shifted to big wave surfing.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2023-11-11|title=Aussie breaks world record by paddling in to surf 13-metre wave|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-09/aussie-laura-enever-claims-surfing-big-wave-world-record/103086318|publisher=ABC News|location=Australia|date=9 November 2023}}</ref> She set the Guinness World Record for the largest wave paddled into by a woman: a 43.6 ft. (13.29 m) wave at "Outer Reef" on Oʻahu's North Shore, on 22 January 2023, breaking Andrea Moller's January 2016 record (42 foot [12,8 m], Peʻahi, Maui).<ref>{{Cite web |title=New world record set in Hawaiʻi for biggest wave ever paddled into by a woman|url=https://mauinow.com/2023/11/08/new-world-record-set-in-hawai%ca%bbi-for-biggest-wave-ever-paddled-into-by-a-woman/ |access-date=2023-11-08 |website=Maui Now}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{WSL profile}} * {{IMDb name}} * [https://surfergirls.com/laura-enever/ Surfer Girls – Laura Enever]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Enever, Laura}} Category:1991 births Category:World Surf League surfers Category:Australian female surfers Category:Living people Category:Sportswomen from New South Wales Category:Surfers from Sydney